The West's Hypocrisy over Karadzic
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Why is Radovan Karadzic on trial? Surely the Bosnian Serb leader should be ensconced in a comfortable think-tank somewhere, pontificating on the subject he knows best: bamboozling Western diplomats.
It’s a serious question. Until summer 1995, when he was finally indicted for war crimes, Radovan Karadzic was Our Friend. Had he manoeuvred a little more sharply and realised a little earlier that the game was up, he probably still would be.
